Bartonella spp. in pets and effect on human health

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 389-394

  Chomel, Bruno B ^a   Boulouis, Henri Jean ^b   Maruyama, Soichi ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; TROPICS; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33644533202     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050931     Document Type: Review

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